U102 RCRA waste code Toxic plasticizer & insect repellent ingredient, thrown away unused.
- Free, no account
- Based on 40 CFR 261.33 and EPA guidance
- Nothing is stored
Find a federal hazardous waste code
U102, Dimethyl phthalate.
U-listed waste
Dimethyl phthalate
U-list unused product.
ComplyOnSiteIs U102 hazardous waste?
Yes, when the listing applies. U102 covers unused dimethyl phthalate that is thrown away, including off-specification product and qualifying residues. It is a U-listed waste, not an acute P-listed one. Whether it is listed depends on the product and how it is discarded, not on a TCLP result alone.
U102 is nonacute hazardous waste once the listing holds. On a required hazardous waste manifest, put U102 in Item 13. Also read VSQG exemptions and empty-container rules and pharmaceutical containers.
What does U102 cover?
Unused dimethyl phthalate counts when it is discarded pure, in technical grade, or as the only active ingredient of a formulation. Off-specification batches, residues left in non-empty containers and spill cleanup residues of those products count too. Inactive ingredients don't stop it being the sole active ingredient.
- CAS
- 131-11-3
- Table entries
- 1,2-Benzenedicarboxylic acid, dimethyl ester; Dimethyl phthalate
- Hazard codes in the record
- T (toxic)
- Rule
- 40 CFR 261.33(f)
Is waste dimethyl phthalate always U102?
| Code | When it fits |
|---|---|
| U102 | The unused chemical is thrown away pure, in technical grade or as the sole active ingredient. Qualifying product residues count too. |
| Characteristic waste (D001–D043) | A used chemical or a different formulation shows a hazardous-waste characteristic. Assess any process listings too. |
The rows can stack, since an unused listed product can also show a characteristic. Finding the chemical in manufacturing waste doesn't make that waste U102. Go by where the waste came from, what was in it and how it was used. Mixing listed waste with other solid waste, or treating it, usually doesn't end the listing. That takes an exclusion, an exception or an approved delisting.
Which codes sit beside U102?
| Code | What it is |
|---|---|
| U097 | Dimethylcarbamoyl chloride |
| U098 | 1,1-Dimethylhydrazine — a rocket propellant also called UDMH |
| U099 | 1,2-Dimethylhydrazine |
| U101 | 2,4-Dimethylphenol |
| U103 | Dimethyl sulfate |
| U105 | 2,4-Dinitrotoluene |
| U106 | 2,6-Dinitrotoluene |
| U107 | Di-n-octyl phthalate |
Sources
- 40 CFR 261.33 — Discarded commercial chemical products, off-specification species, container residues, and spill residues thereof
- 40 CFR 261.3 — Definition of hazardous waste
- 40 CFR 261.7 — Residues of hazardous waste in empty containers
- 40 CFR 260.10 — Definitions
- 40 CFR 262.14 — Conditions for exemption for a very small quantity generator
- 40 CFR 262.20 — General requirements
- 40 CFR 266.507 — Residues of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals in empty containers
- Hazardous Waste Manifest Instructions